On 17 April your vessel is enroute from the Panama Canal to Kobe, Japan. Your 0400 zone time DR position is LAT 26°12.0'N, LONG 126°12.0'W. Your vessel is on course 285°T at a speed of 18 knots. What will be the zone time of sunrise at your vessel?

Question

On 17 April your vessel is enroute from the Panama Canal to Kobe, Japan. Your 0400 zone time DR position is LAT 26&deg;12.0'N, LONG 126&deg;12.0'W. Your vessel is on course 285&deg;T at a speed of 18 knots. What will be the zone time of sunrise at your vessel?

Accepted Answer

Option D: 0602. Standard Bowditch sunrise procedures require computing local mean time using latitude and solar declination, converting to zone time via longitude, and correcting for vessel movement over the elapsed time interval from the initial DR.

On 17 April your vessel is enroute from the Panama Canal to Kobe, Japan. Your 0400 zone time DR position is LAT 26&deg;12.0'N, LONG 126&deg;12.0'W. Your vessel is on course 285&deg;T at a speed of 18 knots. What will be the zone time of sunrise at your vessel?

On 17 April your vessel is enroute from the Panama Canal to Kobe, Japan. Your 0400 zone time DR position is LAT 26°12.0'N, LONG 126°12.0'W. Your vessel is on course 285°T at a speed of 18 knots. What will be the zone time of sunrise at your vessel?